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29Jan 201929 Jan 2019

Strong Beer Collaboration Helps Make February The Bay Area’s Best Beer-Drinking Month

Strong Beer February in San Francisco Ask most any bar owner, brewer or – for that matter – any…

Strong Beer Collaboration Helps Make February The Bay Area’s Best Beer-Drinking Month

29 Jan 201929 Jan 2019

Strong Beer February in San Francisco Ask most any bar owner, brewer or – for that matter – any restaurateur about their business in January and February and you’ll…

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Vinnie Cilurzo Tells Why Russian River Brewery Beers Are About To Get Even Better

21 Oct 201829 Jan 2019

With a smile that lasted for hours, Russian River Brewing Company co-owner Natalie Cilurzo made a speech; conducted interviews; greeted friends and customers; and kept an eye on her greatly…

Magnolia Brewing Returns to the Dogpatch

28 Sep 201821 Oct 2018

On September 26, an excited crowd gathered to celebrate the rebirth of a brewery in San Francisco's Dogpatch Neighborhood. The front of house of Magnolia Brewing Company's 30-barrel brewery has…

Bay Area Brewers Bring Home Gleaming Medals

22 Sep 201828 Sep 2018

Today 2,404 breweries competed for hardware and a moment in the spotlight in Denver, Colorado. A total of 8,496 brews from 49 States plus DC were thoughtfully evaluated over several…

City Beer Moves Up: How one small underground shop changed the SF beer scene

3 Sep 201822 Sep 2018

[By Steve Shapiro and Gail Ann Williams] San Francisco’s City Beer Store has reopened in an attractive modern building that’s larger and closer to the Civic Center BART station, at…

Watching Brut IPA sweep the nation

2 Sep 20184 Sep 2018

Yesterday we visited Social Kitchen and Brewery out in the western side of SF. This sign, with its birthplace slogan, greeted us at the doorway. And that proud claim was…